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11:40 AM ET Free-agent slugger Nelson Cruz has agreed to a one-year deal with the Minnesota Twins for $14.3 million, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The deal also features a $12 million team option for 2020, according to the source. Yahoo Sports first reported that the two sides had agreed to a deal.
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11:07 AM ET Josiah Viera, the subject of an E:60 feature, died Monday morning. He was 14 years old. Born May 25, 2004, Viera weighed 5.5 pounds at birth and gained just two more pounds over the next six months. On his first birthday, doctors diagnosed Viera with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria, a fatal genetic condition characterized
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11:33 AM ET Buried beneath the anticipation of Manny Machado’s tour of teams and a continued flurry of trades, The Associated Press published news that was jarring and yet completely unsurprising to some agents and executives: For the first time since 2004, the average salary of major league players declined. Not by much, mind you.
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7:33 AM ET The Athletics and Mike Fiers have agreed to a two-year contract for the right-hander to return to Oakland, according to MLB.com. MLB.com reports that the deal, which is pending a physical, could be worth up to $15 million. Fiers, 33, is coming off his best season (12-8, 3.56 ERA) as a major
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4:11 PM ET The Chicago Cubs have agreed to a deal with free-agent right-hander Kendall Graveman, a source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers on Saturday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Graveman, who was the Opening Day starter for the Oakland Athletics last season, is still recovering from Tommy John surgery in late July. He
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